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Spain issues fine for AI-generated sexual images of minors
The watchdog opened an investigation in September 2023 after Spanish media reported the creation and circulation of the images in Almendralejo, a town of 30,000 people in the Spanish southwestern region of Extremadura.
November 6, 2025 10:46 PM IST
First published on: Nov 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM IST
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The watchdog opened an investigation in September 2023 after Spanish media reported the creation and circulation of the images in Almendralejo, a town of 30,000 people in the Spanish southwestern region of Extremadura. (Reuters)
Spain’s data protection agency on Thursday said it had fined a person for sharing AI-generated sexual images of minors using real faces, in what Spanish media said was the first case in Europe of a financial penalty for this type of content.
The watchdog opened an investigation in September 2023 after Spanish media reported the creation and circulation of the images in Almendralejo, a town of 30,000 people in the Spanish southwestern region of Extremadura.
The person breached the EU’s data protection law by using the faces of real minors in the AI-generated images and then distributing them, the Spanish Data Protection Agency said in a statement.
“The offender is being punished for disseminating photographs manipulated with artificial intelligence that included the faces of real people,” it said.
The fine of 2,000 euros ($2,332) was reduced to 1,200 euros after the person admitted responsibility and paid voluntarily, the agency said.
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